For parents of kids who have asthma and allergies, getting them ready to head back…
Month: June 2014
Cover the bases: Sports physicals no substitute for comprehensive checkups
Nearly half of parents say any qualified health care provider – not just a child’s…
U.S. housing policies increase carbon output
Land use policies and preferential tax treatment for housing – in the form of federal…
Hubble to begin search beyond Pluto for a New Horizons mission target
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will be used to search for a suitable Kuiper Belt object…
Most prostate cancer specialists don’t recommend active surveillance for low-risk patients
Specialists who treat prostate cancer agree that active surveillance is an effective option — yet…
Most millennial moms who skip college also skip marriage
Waiting until marriage to have babies is now “unusual” among less-educated adults close to 30…
Trapping light: A long lifetime in a very small place
Physicists have created a silicon nanocavity that allows light to be trapped longer than in…
Sacral nerve stimulation gives pediatric patients hope
Sacral nerve stimulation, sometimes called sacral neuromodulation, is used to help patients desperate to control…
Many overestimate exercise intensity, study shows
Do you work out for health benefits and feel you are exercising more than enough?…
Common blood pressure medication may pose risk to older adults
Adults over 65 who have recently begun thiazide diuretics are at a greater risk for…